Tom Belger: ‘Labour must keep its pledges to the self-employed – or lose votes’
Have you had problems with parcels lately? More and more are getting lost, damaged or left in broad…
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Thank you Ed for putting housing centre stage, but let’s go further
Out on the doorstep I hear it all the time: “I’d hate to be starting out now”. Wages…
Let councils build
For local councils, this week’s spending review brought a further 10% cut to their budgets. The news was…
Labour values in practice up and down the country
Over three years into this Tory-led Government, the financial cuts to and political attacks on, local government are…
What does the Spending Review mean for growth in our cities?
Over the last two days we’ve been bombarded with hundreds (at least it feels like it) of policies,…
Giving communities a future: why Labour needs to learn to let go
After the Tory-led government’s attempts to define localism as being whatever Mr Pickles says it is, you might…
Why our communities are paying the price for George Osborne’s failure
Communities discovered this week that once again their local council – and the services it provides – are…
LabourList goes local
Following the CSR on Wednesday, it has become increasingly clear that the pressures that were already piling on…
Why Armed Forces Day matters
The care and support we offer those who serve in our nation’s name is something we rightly celebrate…
We can’t let the Tories’ Euroscepticism disadvantage UK young people
While coverage of this week’s European summit has focused on the perennial ‘fight’ for the British rebate, against…
Lord Adonis writes to Leader of the Lords to question ministerial no show
As we wrote yesterday, the Tories seem to have given up on Parliament. Both Chris Grayling in the…
